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DNA CLONING [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

The purification and isolation of individual fragments of DNA or a mixture of DNA fragments by their incorporation into a carrier DNA (vector) to form a recombinant DNA that can be multiplied up into a bacterial host.

OBS

Not to be confused with "gene cloning" which is defined as the isolation of DNA into a particular gene.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Technique qui permet d'obtenir de nombreuses copies d'un ADN donné.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
DEF

Síntesis de múltiples copias de una secuencia seleccionada de ADN utilizando una célula bacteriana u otro organismo como hospedador; el gen se inserta en un vector y la molécula resultante de ADN recombinante se amplifica en una célula hospedadora apropiada.

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